Thursday, February 9, 2012

So the layer of the day -- think like Culver's Flavor of the Day, or at Church the Hymn of the Day, Sesame Street's Letter of the Day . . . today's layer is Healthy Eating.
Ugh, that sounds dreadful.
Just back for the yearly appointment with the Doctor (who I genuinely like) and we have come to the place in our relationship where we don't toss RXs at conditions and label the conditions but we have adult discussions about the BIG picture.  So we talked about the BIG picture and broke it into daily choices. 
So we all know that I am as human as they come, and as soon as I make a resolution not to do something again, it pretty much becomes the object of my fixation.  That is not powerful for me in positive ways.  There is no success in I WILL do (insert blah blah here) and then instantly proving that I CAN NOT obstain from whatever the vice is.

I require a different, and for me, better approach.
Been thinking about this for a few days since Lent and Fat Tuesday are approaching. NOT Catholic any more but there are a few times that I revert to that which was pounded into my young brain, conversations at the doctors office and sitting the the safe spot during Tornado Warnings reciting the rosary. The rest of my days are happy in the Lutheran world of "by the Grace of God".

Tis wiser to make a 'better' choice today, than to over indulge in donuts, ice cream or mocha lattes because who's going to stop me or say out loud to me "no you can't have that!" ?

SIGH, I am going to TRY and eat one fruit and one vegetable every day of lent.

There, I said it, actually put it out into the world my intention.
Other items on the short list of to-dos is I must find a Fish Oil/Omega 3 that I don't burp back up.  Seriously tried everything on the shelf at the grocery store and had settled on Mega Reds but I would need to take 12 a day to get to 3 mg that I need, and after being on them for a year or more, I can burp them back now too.

And Then There is CARB COUNTING.  Which is a nice way of getting my husband and I on the same page, and building us up into a team effort. Our doctor is so intentional, hubby was seen the hour before I was seen, similar strategies on 2 patients living in the same house.

Sigh, ugh, I'm over it for today.  Change is stressful, and I know what I need to do, just not willing to do it right now, or think about it any longer for now.